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a THE SUNDAY OREGOSIAN, PORTLAND. JULY 23, 1922 EVERETT TO START GAS-POWER BUSSES - New Service to Be Tried as Experiment. TRACKS TO BE REMOVED Five-Cent Fare to Be Restored on Colby-Street Run; Equip ment Costs to Be Cut.. PUGET SOUND BUREAU, Ever ett, Wash., July 22. Transportation over the streets of Everett will soon be by gas-power busses, replacing the present eervice by electric trol ley cars, according to plans practi cally agreed upon by the city com missioners and the management of the Puget Sound International Rail way & Power company. The rigidity of service along rails fixed to the middle of the streets will give way to the mobility of vehicles moving naturally with street traffic to re served landings at the sidewalk curbs. This will be Everett's second ex periment with a changed character of public utility. As a pioneer in measured telephone service byl means of the telechronometer, Ev erett has lately attracted national and international attention. The month-by-month showing since the installation of the telechronometers . April 1, 1922, has been a showing of reduced costs to the great majority of telephone patrons and of better service to all. While final official judgment has not been pronounced by the state department of public works, teleehronometer service seems to have passed beyond the ex perimental stage. f Change Not to Be at Once. Everett is now to be the first city in the United States to try on a full scale the substitution of motor busses -for electric cars in street transportation. The change will not be made complete at once. The city commission has passed, on its second reading, an amendment to the franchise of the company oper ating the street cur lines, by the terms of which the company will be authorized to institute bus serv ice and remove its car tracks at Its discretion. This privilege -will ex tend to all the company's lines, but the substitution will be made on one line at a time. While the change will be gradual, it wilj have the immediate effect of an extension of the company' service. As for example, on the Colby-avenue line, where the first change will be made, the bus "serv ice will at once extend considerably beyond the ends of the present car tracks, reaching into districts that have no car , service at this time. For this line 15 new type busses are to be built, six of which will carry about 14 passengers each and nine of the larger size capable of han dling 30 passengers. Five-Cent Fare Restored. The company hopes to be able to institute , the new service nn th Colby-street run within the next 60 uiy. oincment with its inaugura tion Everett is to be given another unique privilege In the restoration oi me -cent (are, applicable for me time Being to both bus and rail lines. This reduction in fare. .'. strongly against the judgment of company ' management, which the his opening statements," In which Camp asserted he had accompanied Mrs. Thorne on several trips to New York and California, the ex-broker declared his willingness to resume the witness stand and reveal more intimate details than have been dis closed. It became known also that in a last effort to effect a settlement Mrs. Thome's attorneys agreed to persuade their client to pay Camp $140,000 to surrender his rights under the trust agreement by which he was assured of the income from $350,000 Montgomery Ward company stock during the wealthy widow's lifetime and the principal following her death. Camp, it is understood, remained obdurate, seeking at least $175,000. BANKING OFFICIALS HIT DEPOSITORS ASK GOVERNOR TO SEE THAT TWO RESIGN. Association to Be Formed and Laws to Be Asked Providing for Greater Protection. PUGET SOUND BUREAU, Seattle, Wash., "July 22. Depositors in the defunct Scandinavian - American bank of Seattle have given further indication of their dissatisfaction with the way the affairs of the bank have beep handled since its closing by calling upon Governor Hart to demand the resignations of John P. Duke, state supervisor of banking, and R. A. Langley, the deputy in charge of the liquidation proceedings. This action was taken by reso lutions unanimously adopted at a meeting of more than-600 deposit ors of the bank. Steps also were taken to enlarge and make perma nent the somewhat informal organi zation of the depositors. The De positors' Protective association is to be organized, with membership open to depositors in all the banks of the state. The association will demand of all legislative candidates a pledge to work for a law that will "truly protect all. bank de positors." Counsel for the association were directed to take steps to compel the state banking department to levy the assessment against all state banks provided for by the guaran tee fund law and also to compel the department to make sworn quar terly reports on the progress of all bank liquidation. Clay Allen, ex-superlor court judge and one of the attorneys for the association, declared that Gov ernor Hart has not been loyal to the interests of the people of the state in the conduct of the state banking department, and intimated that the recent King county grand jury did not cover in its final re port all that the jurors knew about the condition of the Scandinavian American bank's affairs. The bank closed its doors a little more than a year ago, but the inside transac tions leading to the final collapse, according to Judge Allen, must have been going on .for a long time. BRIDGES IN CONTROVERSY SEATTLE FACES BIG CLAIM FOR INFRINGEMENTS. RESERVE OFFICERS PLAY IN WAR GAME 12 Tactical Problems Are Solved by Students. MISTAKES GROW FEWER Actnal Demonstration by Regu " lar Army Troops Are Given to Make Solutions Impressive. Construction of Bascule Design of Span Brings Litigation City Tries to Settle. knows by experience that the 5-cent ldle wouia not produce sufficient revenue or the operation of an all rail system and doubts if it will h sufficient for the operation of the tuinuinea. rail and bus system. s to wnat the fare should be when busses have replaced cars on all lines of the system there is no safe, basis for estimate. When- the company tears up its tracks it must restore the streets to proper condition; after which, in the "r""" Dusses, n will be re lieved of the present charge for street paving maintenance. Natur al!v, the cst of building busses will be less than that of building street cars, and there will be' re ductions in the cost of equipment maintenance and operation All these savings would indicate the certainty of lower fares than would be possible with an electrically operated system of the common type. Experimental Conditions Ideal. Neither an exclusive bus system o transportation nor the 5-cent fare would be practicable in a large and wide-spread city or in one of narrow streets and congested traf fic districts. But Everett, while spaciously planned with wide thor oughfares, is a compact city with no long suburban runs within its corporate limits. In these respects it affords almost ideal conditions for the experiment. The 6-cent fare is regarded by the city commissioners and the company as a separate ex periment. - The rate will go Into ef fect with the beginning of the bus service, but with the understanding that it is subject to adjustment as experience with the new form of service may warrant George Newell, manager of the Puget Sound International Railway & Power company, goes to San Francisco next week to inspect busses that have been reported to be of a type possibly serviceable to the new plan. Meanwhile C. O. Bir ney, inventor of the one-man safety street car In use in many cities,. has been called to Puget sound to confer with company officials as to the construction of an entirelv new tvy of bus specially designed to replace sLicei curs. According to present plans, the company will build its own hns. at some of the shops in the Pacific nortnwest. either to conform wtth some approved existing type or fol lowing new specifications. Installa tion of the bus service also involves the building of a new "barn" or ga- , &so ui large aimensions. . TACOMA, Wash., July 22. (Spe cial.) Two weeks of intensive training, 12 tiff problems in the handling of troops in theield, in cluding daily battles with an imag inary enemy and the imaginary de feat with great (imaginary) slaugh ter, of th Invader has given the members of the reserve officers' training camp at Camp Lewis a wid er view on modern mllitray condi tions and the 96th division of Ore gon and Washington a necleus of officers to draw on, in times of emergency. Under the direction of Colonel P. Woodworth of the staff colege and other regular army officers from Fort Leavenworth the 120 reserve officers who have attended the en campment have learned many things about campaigning. Instruction has been given in each arm of the serv ice and for each grade. Colonels and lieutenant-colonels have had to solve problems involving whole reg iments, captains have directed the movement of companies and lieu tenants have led platoons. Problems Are Worked Out. The 12 problems which were set the reservists assumed an enemy di vision moving out from Taooma and met by the division to which the students were attached. The first day dealt with reconnaissance work. getting in touch with the enemy. then day by day the situation was worked out as it would have been In actual war. The advance of the enemy, his first contact with the defending troops, his repulse, the Counter attack, the check, the re treat, pursuit and finally the vic torious battle which forced him, de feated, from the field. The day's problem being set out and the situation explained on the map, the reservists were taken each morning to the actual ground where the action was supposed to take place and told to issue the necessary orders for their respective com mands. Infantry officers noted the positions for their commands, arm lerymen selected gun emplacements and observation points, machine gun nests were organized, where they would be most useful and eacn branch of the service performed its wartime functions. Many ludicrous mistakes were made at first, but the end of the training period found the students with at least a theoretical knowledge of field conditions and under the sharp criticism of the reg ular instructors mistakes became less and less frequent. Lectures Are Heard. . Afternoons were spent in listen ing to lectures on different phases of modern warfare. Evenings were largely devoted to the study of tact ical works on which the problems of also were given for the student offi cers. On the Camp Lewis range the regular troops put on two big dem onstrations which showed how the plans worked out with imaginary troops would develop with real men and real munitions. The first of these demonstrations was given by the chemical warfare service and in cluded the use of the latest devices in this branch. Gas was not used, as no gas masks were available and the risk of accident too great, but hand grenades, trench mortars smoke screen candles and rockets were used in large numbers. The dem onstration of the four-inch Stokes iiiuruir, wild mermnts mm ynuo- Pphorus bombs, was one of the fea tures of the day. The rapidity of the fire and the Immense damage done by the bombs was extremely Impressive. Attack Is Demonstrated. The second demonstration was conducted by all arms of the service and illustrated an attack on an enemy position held largely by ma chine guns. Airplanes, tanks, field artillery., machine 'guns, automatic rifles, trench mortars and all the Implements of modern warfare were used in this affair. The attack was carried out by the Seventh infantry of the Third division, now stationed at Camp Lewis. The encampment came to an end tonight and the reservists will re turn to their homes. According to Colonel Woodworth the training pe riod has been a great success and he deplored the fact that so few of the reserve officers of the two states could attend. Reserve officers from Oregon, who were in training at the camp in cluded the following: EDITORS CONDEMN S REUGQU S Sects' Interference in Poli tics Held Un-American. RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED Newspaper . Publishers Discuss Advertising Problems and Go to Beach for Frolic. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis, July 22. (Special.) ---That the editors of Oregon refuse to be dragged into religious en tanglements and that they denounce and condemn any effort of any party, sect, organization or indi vidual to inject religious issues into Oregon politics, as un-American and inimical to the welfare of the people of the state of Oregon, was the sub stance of a resolution adopted at fiA annual Mnv&ntinn V,A Major Henry C. H. Aikln, Second Lieu- , , , . , . tenant John A. E. Dentler. Captain I which ended its meetings in Cor Thomas M. Gillard, Major Kenneth D. J vallis today noon with a luncheon Hauser, Major Jacob Kaniler, Captain at the Waiao cafeteria given in John B. Madden. Cantaln Miles H. Mc- thelr nnor by the CorvallU cham Key, Second Lieutenant Archie P. Roth, Captain H. B. Travis, Captain Roy Terry, Second Lieutenant James W. Welch, First Lieutenant Andrew Koerner, Cap tain Duncan B. Nease, Major Hartwell W. Palmer, Major Loren O. Bowman, First Lieutenant Irwin L. Betzel, Lieu-tenant-Colonol James J. Crossley, Lieutenant-Colonel William E. Flnser and Second Lieutenant Eugene G. Vincent, all of Portland; Lieutenant-Colonel William A. Alrd, Second Lieutenant Milo R. Cooper and Second Lieutenant William H. Rambo. Oregon City; Colonel Carle Abrams, Second Lieutenant Robert E. Davey, Salem; Captain William S. Ave rlll and Second Lieutenant John C. Blaker, Gresham; First Lieutenant John C. Chapman, Sheridan: Captain John W. Chase. Springfield ; Second Lieutenant A. R. Davies, Scappoose; captain inesier Downen, Ewan; Major T. E. Griffith, DuFur; Second Lieutenant Earl Mont gomery, Huntington ; Second Lieutenant Alvln H. Madsen, Sllverton; Second Lieu tenant Benjamin H. Nichols Jr., Corval lis; Captain Walton L. H. Osborne. Rose burg; Captain Frank M. Powell, Albany; Major Charles Stelnhouser, Parkdale: Captain Lamar Tooze. McMlnnville; Cap tain Charles V. Vlnier, Pendleton; Second Lieutenant Claude B. Washburne, June City; Major C. Johnson, Gold Beach; Major Frank C. McCulloch. Baiter; Sec ond Lieutenant Arthur E. McKenzie, Ashland, and Second Lieutenant John Jeppeson, Bacona. - Farmers Go to Puyallup. KELSO, Wash., July "22. Under the leadership of T. Y. Blanton, ex county agent . of Cowlitz county, now in charge of the agricultural department of the Fred Hess Motor company, 50 Cowlitz county farmers and their wives left yesterday at an early hour to visit the Western Washington Experiment Station at Puyallup. This was Cowlitz day at the station. Two Postmasters Announced. THE OREGONIANNEWS BUREAU, Washington, D. C, July 22. Fourth class postmasters whose appoint ments were announced today include Mark Harris. Brush Prairie, Clarke the day were based. J county, and Grays River, Wahkiakum 1 ington organization was trying t Demonstrations of the real thing county, both in Washington. do away with what might be cane ber of commerce. Elbert Bede. editor of the Cottage Grove Sentinel, was re-elected presi dent of the association, and E. H. Potwin of the Albany Herald was selected as vice-president Hal E. ' Hoss of the Oregon City Enterprls was re-elected secretary. The board of directors include Clyde McKay of the Bend Press, Joe Tomlison of the Hood River Glacier, and Bert Bates of the Roseburg News Review, r , E. B. Piper, editor of The Orego- fpian, urged that Corvallis do its utmost to build a new hotel. O. C. Letter of the Telegram was also called on for a brief address before the visiting editors. Frank Irvine, of the Oregon Journal, was also among the speakers. Elbert Bede and -George Aiken, editor of the Ontario Argus, debated the question of the merger of the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific as a further part of the programme. Lillian Harris of Portland, a student in industrial Journalism at the col lege, spoke on behalf of the stu dents in the department of indus trial journalism to show the need of such training.- Miss Lena Rownhorst and E. G. Goudy of Corvallis, students in the school of music at the college, gave several vocal selections at the edi torial banquet. "Local advertising, not foreign ad vertising, is the great unexploited field of advertising," declared Alfred Powers of the University of Oregon, who emphasized the opportunity of writing for the trade press and free lance work. Adertlsfng Placements Topic. The problem of the large adver tiser placing direct with the paper instead of through the advertising agency was brought up by Harry Dence of the Carlton Sentinel, who introduced Russell Hill, secretary of the Washington State Press associa tion. Mr. Hill told how the Wash- to d the middlemen in the advertising business. Greetings from the editors from across the Columbia and an invita tion to attend any of their sessions were carried by Mr. Hill. H. K. Falling of the jsotsioru-uon- stantine Advertising agency of Portland defended the agencies and said that they get in touch with advertisers that the papers cannot reach. "Legal rates in Oregon," were dis cussed by C. E. Ingalls, editor of the Corvallis Gazette-Times and ex president of the association. The visiting editors boarded the train for Newport at 1 o'clock and were, greeted by a pink edition known as the "Type Louse,'" a paper issued by the students in industrial journalism for the amusement of the editors. Homer L; Roberts, next year's editor of the O. A. C. Daily Barometer, was editor of the pink sheet. Problems Discussed on Train. Many problems such as advertis ing agencies and uniform size of papers were taken up on the train to the beach resort. W. F. G. Thacher of the University of Oregon reported to the newspaper publish ers on his visit to eastern advertis ing agencies. Hal E. Hoss, secre tary of the association, reported showing whether money can be saved the state and counties by pub lication of voters' pamphlet as a newspaper supplement and of sam ple ballots In newspapers. A report of the code of the ethics adopted last January by the edi torial men was given by Colin V. Dyment of the University of Oregon and author of the Oregon code. . Surf bathing, clam digging, clam bakes and dancing are some of the forms of amusement Indulged in by, the editors on their annual frolic, which is the grand sfinale of the annual convention. The members and their families are scheduled to leave Newport Sunday afternoon. The following resolutions ' were adopted: 1 "Whereas, The development of the manufacturing industries of the state of Oregon and the resultant increase of payrolls are of para mount importance In promoting the prosperity of every community within the state and of Oregon citi zens generally; and "Whereas, Industrial plants pro vide a large volume of taxable prop erty from which the revenues are derived for investments in a public school system, better highways and other projects making for better American citizenship and a better commonwealth: therefore be it Greater Industries Encouraged. I'Resolved, by the Oregon state editorial convention. That we voice our approval and encouragement and co-operation with the move ment represented in the associated industries of Oregon in building up Oregon payrolls and exploiting Ore gon manufactured goods. "We express our gratification over the success of an interest taken in the Oregon Editorial asso ciation by its officers and members as evidenced by nearly 100 per cent attendance at this annual conven tion. "We deplore the fact that re ligious issues have been injected into Oregon politics. We, the editors of Oregon, refuse to be dragged Into religious entanglements and hereby denounce and condemn any effort of any party, sect, organization or individual to inject religious issues into Oregon politics as un-American and inimical to the welfare of the people of the state of Oregon. . "We greatly appreciate the splen did effort which has been and is now being made by Dr. Kerr and his associates to economize and main tain at a minimum the expenses of the Oregon Agricultural college, and recognize that the great in crease in attendance more' than counterbalances the additional funds appropriated for its maintenance. We' are proud of this magnificent institution, which is recognized as A ORIENTAL RUGS YOUR VIEWPOINT AND OURS npHE casual observer of Oriental Rugs notices first, probably, their loveli ness of coloring and the harmony of their shades. Then he sees the soft, vel vety texture. 'Perhaps the design inter ests him, too. In other words, the ama teur sees largely the beauty of Oriental Rugs. But in the rug marts of the East Atiyeh Bros.' buyers note the softness of the wools employed, the quality of the dyes and the perfection of the weaving. That is, they look for the things that will make your rugs wear for generations. And so, at Atiyeh Bros, you find the most won derful and complete col lection of Oriental Rugs west of the Rockies. But the prices are moderate enough for the average home-maker to be able to pay. AViycVi Bros. Oriental Rags Alder at Tenth second to none of its kind in the United States, and we favor any reasonable policy which will main tain its present position among the educational institutions of the land. Davenport Memorial Aided. "Whereas, The mid-winter confer ence is closely allied with the an nual meeting of the Oregon Edi torial association and by reason of this fact we favor delegation to the mid-winter meeting the same power and prerogative to act on any ques tion which 4s given the annual ses sion, and reaffirm a similar resolu tion adopted at the newspaper con ference in January, 1922. "We favor the annual election of two members of the executive com mittee of the Oregon Editorial as sociation as a means of better dis tributing the offices among the members. "Ws indorse the movement which has been inaugurated to erect a monument to the memory of Homer Davenport and recommend that our association be affiliated with the Homer Davenport Memorial asso ciation in order that it may be brought to a successful termination." Poet on Fishing Trip. WHITE SALMON, Wash., July 22." (Special.) Jamie Heron, famous poet and story teller of the Rotary club, New. York city, who is taking a vacation in the west, was here Friday with C. G. Bruntscb of Portland en route to Guler, Wash., to try the trout fishing. Timber .Inspector Candidate. ABERDEEN, Wash., July 22. M. E. Greenwood, well known timber inspector, has announced his inten tion to file for the office of county assessor. He will be the third can didate in the field. Read The OrpKroninn classified ads. PUGET SOUND BUREAU, Seattle, Wash., July 22. Crossing the gov ernment ship canal, cut from Lake Washington through Lake Union and Salmon Bay to Puget Sound, are three steel bridges of the bascule type, built from time to time by the city of Seattle, on plans prepared by the city engineer's office. For alleged infringement of patents in the construction of these bridges the Strauss Bascule Bridge company, a Chicago concern, has sued the city for 350,000 damages. Recently the city engineer's office disclosed Its plans for another bridge of the same type to cross the waterway at the head ol Elliott bay. Whereupon the Strauss company gave formal notice that if the city went ahead with construction of this new bridge more damages would accrue. . City Engineer Dimock has said that he is not at all worried by the Strauss suit. The city council is not so care-free In the matter;- neither Is Mayor Brown nor Walter Meier, the city s legal adviser. They au thorized Corporation Counsel Meier to. make a tender to the Strauss company of $25,000 cash to settle the pending suit and clear the ques tion of the city's rights to proceed with the new bridge. This tender was made and rejected by the Strauss company. As a coun ter proposition the Strauss company offers to accept S5,000 in settle-1 ment of the infringements already claimed and for waiver of claims In connection with the new bridge. RICH WIDOW YIELDS BIT $140,000 Offered to ex-Husband for Dropping Suit. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) jmy TieS OI ' no quarter," accompanied by reams of statements shifting the responsibil lty tor numerous futile efforts at compromise, marked Friday's firing in tne came oeing waged by Mrs. Katherine Gordon Thorne, widow of an ex-vice-president of Mont gomery Ward & Co., to .abrogate a $3a0.00u trust agreement executed oy her in favor of her recently divorced husband, William C. "Billy' Camp. Resenting the advice of attorneys for Mrs. Thorne "that prosecution tor perjury would follow any at i.mpt to testify in substantiation of ELK PROTECTION URGED Hoquiam Commercial Club Fa vors Preservation of Animals. HOQUIAM, Wash., July 22. (Spe cial.) Action against propaganda for the killing of elk for their teeth or any other purpose, and in favor of a law providing a fine and long term of imprisonment for the killing, was taken in resolutions adopted Friday by the Hoquiam Commercial club at its regular luncheon. The resolution, which had been prepared by a committee on the elk question, consisting of Senator Pol son, Secretary Mathias and Frank Thomas, was orsajjed sent broadcast and other commercial, organizations and Elk lodges throughout the United States and particularly in elk territory, were urged to take concurrent action. - Road Conference Planned. ABERDEEN, WashJ July 22.-5-(Special.) County Commissioners S. K. Bowes, Will Dineen and W. E. Johnson will go to Portland Monday to confer with ofricials of the for estry department on bids for con struction of the North ShoA road at Lake Quinault. The low bid called for $101,000, while the county and forestry department had set $90,000 as the limit for the work. The commissioners are willing to make up the $11,000 difference for construction providing the contract is satisfactory, Commissioner Bowes stated. 1 - Seattle People to Climb Mt. Helens KELSO, Wasn., ' July 22. (Spe cial.) The Mountaineers, a Seattle organization, plan a trip to Spirit lake and Mount St. Helens August 19. About 80 persons will be in the party which will climb the moun tain. Arrangements have been made for the transportation of baggage fro Castle Rock to Spirit lake. 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